Santa Fe

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"Santa Fe" is a key ballad from the stage musical Newsies that expresses the protagonist Jack Kelly’s yearning to escape New York City for a freer life in the West.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Santa Fe canonical 4

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre ballad ⓘ
song ⓘ
appearsIn Broadway production of Newsies ⓘ
touring productions of Newsies ⓘ
associatedPlace New York City ⓘ
Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ
basedOn Santa Fe (Newsies film song) ⓘ
contrastWith harsh realities of New York street life ⓘ
destinationDesired Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ
dramaticRole develops Jack Kelly’s character arc ⓘ
expresses protagonist’s dreams ⓘ
emotionalTone hopeful ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
wistful ⓘ
fictionalPerspective newsboy in New York City ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasCharacterPerspective first-person ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalMotif escape to the West ⓘ
search for a better life ⓘ
lyricTheme desire for freedom ⓘ
discontent with New York City life ⓘ
yearning for escape ⓘ
mainProtagonist Jack Kelly ⓘ
medium live performance ⓘ
musicalWorkType key ballad ⓘ
narrativeFunction I want song ⓘ
originalMedium stage musical ⓘ
partOf Newsies ⓘ
Newsies (stage musical) ⓘ
settingReferenced American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West

New York City ⓘ
sungByCharacter Jack Kelly ⓘ
targetAudienceContext theatre audiences ⓘ
title Santa Fe ⓘ
workTitleOfCharacter Jack Kelly’s dream song ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santa Fe (Newsies song) → title → Santa Fe ⓘ
subject linked to: Santa Fe
Blaze of Glory → includesTrack → Santa Fe ⓘ
subject linked to: solo album "Blaze of Glory"
Young Guns II → soundtrackIncludesSong → Santa Fe ⓘ